[Shibuya neighborhood]

A plume of pinkish-blue dust erupted from the dark gray abandoned building, followed by a massive explosion. Not far below, in a black Honda, Jiang Jin removed his bird-beak mask, revealing Matsuda Jinpei's face.

Jiang Jin's expression finally relaxed after the system issued a notification sound.

The commotion was so loud that Ran and the others, who were not far from the building, naturally heard it clearly. Sonoko was startled and quickly looked in the direction of the explosion: "What was that noise?"

Sherry said casually, "It sounded like an explosion."

"An explosion? Then... will Conan be in any danger?" Ran couldn't help but worry. Sonoko thought to herself, "He shouldn't be in any danger... right?"

"I think we should call the police first," Sherry said, taking out her phone. Sherry's action seemed very law-abiding, which surprised Sonoko a little.

After all, in her mind, this Shiho Miyano was probably one of Toyago's people, and definitely not a good person. She never expected her to be so law-abiding.

Firefighters and police cars arrived at the scene after the alarm was raised. Jiang Jin put his mask and black robe into the trunk before rushing to the abandoned building where the explosion occurred.

The First Investigation Division quickly set up a cordon at the scene. Jiang Jin, wearing sunglasses, stood in the crowd. Sato Miwako, who was originally maintaining order at the scene, saw Jiang Jin.

She was taken aback, but due to her duty, she did not choose to go over, though she wondered why Matsuda Jinpei would be here.

"Inspector Megure, have you seen Conan?!" Sonoko and the other two rushed over after hearing the explosion. Sherry was at the back, her eyes not on Conan, but rather observing the surrounding crowd.

However, Shirley didn't see Duago as she had guessed, which puzzled her. She had assumed the explosion was related to Duago.

"What? You mean Conan is here too?!" Inspector Megure exclaimed, adjusting his hat in surprise. "With such a huge explosion, Conan couldn't possibly be inside, could he?"

Otherwise, how could they have gotten out?

Sonoko's phone was always on a call, but the person on the other end said it was switched off.

“This isn’t right. This building’s address was given to us by Ms. Christina. But now there’s an explosion, could it be…” Sonoko suddenly realized, “Someone is trying to harm Ms. Christina! Inspector Megure, this could very well be the same criminal who threatened the officers in the village before!”

Sonoko handed the note with the address written on it to Inspector Megure. When he heard that it was likely the same person who had written the note threatening Inspector Muraka, his expression became even more serious.

At that moment, Conan, covered in soot, suddenly appeared out of nowhere. His appearance startled the police officers from the First Investigation Division, as no one expected a child to appear at the scene of the explosion.

"Conan, are you alright? How did you get like this?" Sonoko looked him up and down, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he didn't seem to be injured.

Conan waved his hand: "I'm fine. The explosion happened when I got to the first floor of the building. Luckily, I dodged it quickly."

Xiao Lan looked somewhat surprised, clearly not expecting this little boy to be so calm in the face of the explosion.

Conan refused the suggestion to go to the hospital, and instead touched his face before immediately searching for someone in the crowd.

Jiang Jin raised his hand and waved at him. Conan wanted to go over, but Jiang Jin shook his head and pointed in another direction. Kazami Yuya was lifting the police tape and entering the cordoned-off area.

Does this mean I should tell Officer Kazami if I have any questions?

Conan's phone was destroyed in the explosion, so he had no choice but to walk directly to Kazami Yuya and say, "Mr. Matsuda said that I can contact you if I need anything, Officer Kazami."

Kazami Yuya: ...

"Go ahead."

Conan took out something wrapped in a handkerchief and handed it to Kazami Yuya: "These are some things from the explosion site. They should have traces of the explosive liquid on them. I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you to identify them."

Kazami Yuya took the handkerchief with some surprise. It contained a fragment of the inner liner of an electric kettle and some pieces of clothing.

"This thing... you didn't bring it from the explosion site, did you?" Kazami Yuya couldn't help but look up at the still-smoking top floor of the building, even he himself thought the idea was too absurd.

Because Conan and his friends, along with the Muraka couple, were all involved in the case, they were summoned to the Metropolitan Police Department again.

Village head Nu said with lingering fear, "It's good that you guys are all safe and sound. I heard that the fire happened in the building you went to. I was so scared that my face turned white."

"Luckily, our car broke down, and I'm slow, so the bomb exploded just as we arrived. I dodged quickly and was fine, haha." Conan had already prepared a story to deal with the others. Tsutomu Muranaka was quite impressed with Conan, but Christina looked visibly shaken.

"Miss Christina, we're all fine, please don't feel bad about it," Conan said, but inwardly he felt a chill run down his spine because this woman's acting was just too good.

There is currently no evidence to prove that Christina was the murderer.

“According to Conan, the bomb exploded as soon as he entered the building. I think if your car hadn’t suddenly broken down, the bomb would have been intended to kill everyone who entered the building,” said Miwako Sato. Inspector Megure turned to her and asked, “So, what did the guest who contacted you earlier, Miss Christina, say?”

Christina's eyes were filled with tears: "I checked with the other party, but he said he didn't remember calling me."

Takagi suggested collecting testimonies from nearby residents, since there might have been witnesses when such a powerful bomb was brought into the building.

“You don’t need to worry about it. Chiba has already started investigating,” Inspector Megure said.

Near the abandoned building in Shibuya, Chiba led several patrol officers around the area for a long time: "Even in Shibuya, you don't usually see many people in this area. The hope of finding an eyewitness is still very slim."

Just then, a foreigner suddenly staggered and fell to the ground.

Chiba instinctively went to ask what was wrong, but it turned out to be a trap. He was ambushed by two foreigners who knocked him unconscious and took him away.

[Underground bunker of the police building]

Jiang Jin, still using Matsuda Jinpei's name, swaggered into the elevator and arrived at the bottom floor of the Public Security Building.

He picked up the phone on the wall, and Rei Furuya, behind the glass wall, answered it as well: "Why are you here? Did you run into trouble?"

"Of course not, I'm just here to report on my work." Jiang Jin said in a relaxed tone, "Just now, Pramia detonated another bomb in an abandoned building in the Shibuya district."

"Were there any casualties?" Rei Furuya asked.

“No.” If we don’t count Conan, Jiang Jin thought, and Furuya Rei’s brows relaxed slightly. “Don’t you know who the culprit is? Why are you letting her continue to cause trouble?”

Jiang Jin spread his hands, his face full of concern for Furuya Rei, and said, "What good is it if I know? If I were working for the organization, I would just kill her. But now I'm acting under your police name, so I need evidence to arrest someone, right? Unfortunately, I don't know how to find evidence, and I'm not good at reasoning, so I'll have to find someone to do it for me."

Reiichi Furuya raised an eyebrow: "The person you're looking for isn't Conan, is it?"

Jiang Jin clapped his hands: "Great, you even answered first. It really is Conan. He's practically the chosen one who works for free. He doesn't need to be paid, and he can turn on you whenever he wants."

Jianggu Ling:......

"By the way, I haven't asked yet, how's the research on the bomb around your neck going?" Jiang Jin took a few steps forward and said, pressing himself against the glass. Furuya Rei remained seated. "The public security bomb disposal experts are working with Jinpei on it."

Jiang Jin nodded. According to the plot, the bomb would eventually be defused.

“With Xiaozhenping here, I have nothing to worry about.” Jiang Jin said, preparing to hang up the phone, but Furuya Rei said at the end, “You’re quite heartless.”

Jiang Jin paused in his act of putting down the phone, then put it back to his ear: "Then shall I go in and keep you company?"

Rei Furuya laughed and cursed, "Get lost."

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